Even Sebastian Vettel knows to hit the brakes every once in awhile. The Formula One driver channels the spirit of Ferris Bueller and recommends slowing down to appreciate the finer details. The brand links its F1 partnership with everyday motoring - just a shame we don't get to see Vettel milling around the petrol station shop.

Even Sebastian Vettel knows to hit the brakes every once in awhile. The Formula One driver channels the spirit of Ferris Bueller and recommends slowing down to appreciate the finer details. The brand links its F1 partnership with everyday motoring - just a shame we don't get to see Vettel milling around the petrol station shop.

Shell have brought together six artists and six energy start-up innovations to highlight a worldwide support of cleaner energy, attempting to get social media involved with their #makethefuture hashtag. This bright and funky ad demonstrates all these new technologies with clever animations, backed up by music from Jennifer Hudson, Pixie Lott, and Chinese popstar Tan WeiWei, to name but a few.

This is Patrick Fileti's first inclusion on DAVID REVIEWS and we think you'll have to agree the director - who is repped by Mindseye in the UK - demonstrates a lot of flair. Fileti imbues the visual element with a lot of love... it feels as though he's taken the time to make sure every single shot has the kind of consideration you'd offer to an ad's best moment.

In a companion film to the story of the stuntman, this focuses on a man who knew from an early age that he wanted to be a firefighter. Shell V-Power comes into this as one of the elements that keeps the 80,000lb truck ticking over smoothly. "If we can be there thirty seconds ahead of time it makes all the difference," the firefighter tells us. As before, the shots and sequences are beautifully considered.

A stuntman talks us through the defining moment of his childhood as we watch him prepare for a car chase scene. He explains he needs to be completely in control of all the different elements involved and that it's vital his equipment is in top shape - cue subtle image of the Shell V-Power logo. Beautifully shot with terrific compositional sequences.

A sleeping rusty giant is woken by a passing car and climbs from its skip to give chase in this crafty commercial for Shell. The driver - aware that he's being chased by a giant metaphor - speeds off as quickly as possible but the creature is never far behind. There might be a chance to put the thing into the distance but - as this is car advertising - the landscape is defined by picturesque hairpin bends and the monster is able to keep up by scrambling down the hill instead of following the road.

Fill your Ferrari with Shell V-Power Nitro Plus and your car journeys will become a motion sickness-inducing ride through outtakes from Inception. As dramatic music plays, we watch said sports vehicle navigate erupting roads, freshly-formed tunnels and unfolding elevations with nary a screech. The ad describes how "scientists" have created this fuel, "designed to protect vital engine parts". Wow, how specific and science-y. That's us sold, then. Have an extra star for special effects.

Presumably inspired by the Philip K Dick book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', here a wistful VO asks: do bumper cars dream of the open road? Whimsical and beautifully filmed, it suggests what the fairground vehicles might get up to if powered by Shell. Surely, though, this approach would have been better suited to advertising electric cars?

Formula One drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso are very excited about the unveiling of a new car in this amusing commercial for Shell. The duo proved to be good sports as they mess around with a small replica made from Lego bricks which is available from petrol stations when you fill up your tank.

The need for power is emphasised by this impressive commercial for Shell. Across the world, different people in different situations all have one thing in common... they couldn't do what they're doing without the energy supplied by companies such as Shell and this ad reassures us that they are working on solutions to the problems posed by dwindling oil supplies.

There's a lot in the words "up to", isn't there? Shell have developed a new fuel which can save you "up to a litre" per tank. Now, had they said "at least" a litre, we might have been impressed but since a droplet falls within the range defined by "up to a litre", we're not.

The youngest member of a family in Japan likes to practice the electric guitar but his dad knows how to place limits on his rehearsals. The energy required for all of this is provided by natural gas supplied by Shell.

Another charming commercial in this new series for Shell introduces us to Raul and his brother who are having fun on a beach in Brazil. Apparently, their innocent antics are are healthier because of a low emission fuel.

This understated and attractively filmed commercial introduces us to Kim who likes to ride his moped with his girlfriend on the seat behind. She puts her arms around him as a voiceover bigs up the efficiency of the fuel sold by Shell.

The advertised product is put into a car made entirely from transparent components to illustrate the claim that it provides performance you can see. If DAVID's car was made from glass, all you'd see is biscuit crumbs and bits of sandwiches.

This stylishly filmed demonstration of Shell's commitment to green issues is inevitably tainted because of the company's environmental record but it is presented so cleverly that even a diehard campaigner may be quite impressed.

Oh dear. We really mustn't leave the oil companies to figure out how to combat the energy crisis because all they want to do, as this ad demonstrates, is find more stuff to burn so they can sell it to us. We need to use a lot less energy and source more of it from renewable sources which don't generate carbon.

A reminder of Shell's ability to get to 'difficult oil' in this ad which reminds us of the flexible drill inspired by a children's straw. It's arguable whether more ingenious ways of extracting oil is part of the solution or part of the problem when we examine the coming energy crisis.

It used to be commonplace for petrol stations to give away medallions, glasses and other collectables with each gallon of fuel we purchased. But long before we started paying for litres rather than gallons, the practice died out. Could this commercial mark a revival for this marketing ploy?

Like a lot of true stories, this one isn't quite as exciting as a fictional tale. The Shell engineer is inspired by the discovery of why his air conditioning unit is not working to uncover the reason why an entire plant has shut down.

Epic commercial for Shell Oil explores their relationship over the years with Ferrari as we witness two simultaneous journeys - one representing the evolution of Ferrari's Grand Prix cars over time and another depicting the various cars driving around the World. Jeremy Clarkson will need a box of Kleenex.

A Dutch oil engineer gains inspiration from the straw his son uses to get to the bottom of his ice-filled glass. Following the same principle, he develops a flexible drill which enables Shell to build fewer platforms. If only other companies did as much for the environment as big oil the World would be a better place.

The build-up to Jaap's Eureka moment continues with an introduction of three of the players in the drama. Japp himself, of course, who is to be played by Marcel Faber; Karen David in the pivotal role of Kim and Tim Teunissen as acne-ridden Max.

Japp van Ballegooijen is a man with a problem. We see him as he considers the conundrum that occupies his every waking moment; his face a contortion of puzzlement as he tries to work out how to spell his own name. Oh, the pleasure of being Dutch.

Jaap, who works for Shell, has a eureka moment when he spots a lad managing to get the last of his drink by manipulating his straw around the cubes of ice in the bottom. Jaap realises Shell can get to more of the oil if they use a snaking drill that uses the same principle.